Tea has been my passion for a number of years. Fascinated by its history and provenance, I scoured for books on the subject, collecting a great many. However, I was always dissatisfied with the limited information on Chinese tea culture presented in English tea texts. This unsatiated thirst for tea knowledge, discovering ancient secrets and insights into tea enjoyment, led me to China to experience tea first-hand with some of the greatest modern-day scholars on tea in Fujian, China.